American Rheinmetall provides full services for complex mechanical products, fabricated structures and systems that range from complete design services to prototype manufacturing, testing, production launch, full rate production and product service and sustainment. American Rheinmetall provides quality products and services at affordable prices through a lean organizational structure and four facilities, four in Michigan that span 910,000 square feet, and one in Ohio, that span 800,000+ square feet. The Auburn Hills, MI facility, serves as corporate headquarters. The Plymouth, MI facility specializes in suspension, driveline, and track systems. The Lansing and Lapeer Michigan based facilities specialize in fabrications and armor product solutions. American Rheinmetall St. Mary’s, Ohio facility manufactures rubber track products for agricultural, construction, and defense industries. Visit our website at: https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/company/subsidiaries/american-rheinmetall
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Title: Production Planner
Department: Materials
Summary The Production Planner’s primary responsibility is to create and maintain production schedules that balance customer demand, manufacturing capacity, and inventory objectives based on customer requirements. This position will create releases to ensure materials arrive in accordance with the production schedule; and will be responsible for managing the replenishment process of materials to support manufacturing operations. This role will prioritize production needs, track schedule adherence and attainment performance, and expedite critical orders. The Production Planner will work closely with other stakeholders to support on-time delivery, quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned
- Develop, maintain, and communicate production schedules to support customer and operational requirements.
- Review demand, forecasts, and production capacity to create effective production plans.
- Monitor system requirements to identify capacity constraints, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
- Maintain and validate planning, inventory, and master data within the ERP system to ensure scheduling accuracy and data integrity.
- Issue release orders consistent with ERP System requirements to ensure delivery on a timely basis.
- Coordinate delivery of materials with vendors and expedite shipments from suppliers as needed to meet production schedules.
- Review existing inventories through cycle counts for accuracy and as a cross-check to ERP System reports.
- Work with Production Operations to make necessary adjustments to schedules based on availability of supply or labor.
- Participate in yearly inventory planning and counts.
- Crosstrain and provide support for planning, scheduling, and inventory management activities as needed.
- Manage communication on deliveries and supply issues to all stakeholders (i.e. Shipping/Receiving, Sales, Production, QA, Product Development, etc.).
- Previous experience with Plex preferred.
- General knowledge of ERP systems.
- Proficient with Excel/Power Point/Word
- Good presentation skills.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure manuals and contracts.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively with vendors and internal staff.
- Ability to analysis data, identify issues and problem solve to correct issues.
- Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Management / Purchasing / Business preferred.
- Minimum of one but prefer more than three years of Supply Chain experience.
- Must be willing to attend Supply Chain continuous education seminars or class work as needed.
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